Left (Win).
幾夜我浪にしほれて貴舟河袖に玉散る物思ふらん
| ikuyo ware nami ni shiorete kifunegawa sode ni tama chiru mono omouran |
Nights without number will I Drench with the waves Of Kifune River, Scatter jewels on my sleeves – Should these thoughts consume me so? |
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Right.
貴船川百瀬の浪も分過ぬ濡れ行く袖の末を頼みて
| kifunegawa momose no nami mo wakesuginu nureyuku sode no sue o tanomite |
Kifune River’s Hundredfold waves Have I crossed; With soaking sleeves Do I plead for an ending… |
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The Gentlemen of the Right state: the Left’s poem is fine, overall. The Gentlemen of the Left state: the Right’s poem is without fault.
Shunzei’s judgement: Both Left and Right poems on ‘Kifune River’ (kifunegawa) seem tasteful [yū], but rather than the Right’s final ‘Do I plead for an ending’ (sue o tanomite), the Left’s ‘Scatter jewels on my sleeves’ (sode ni tama chiru) sounds particularly good. The Left must win.